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The Interior of the Peter and Paul Cathedral |
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| Title: | The Interior of the Peter and Paul Cathedral |
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| Image number: | DTA00851 |
| Author: | Tiit Aunaste |
| Related keywords: | cathedral, tourist, St Petersburg, Russia, religious, ornamented, decorated, church, chandelier |
| Related categories: | Architectural sights, Travel, Europe, Churches |
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| Description: | The cathedral's interior is decorated in the baroque style of the early 18th century. The elaborately decorated gilded iconostasys (icon wall) was made in Moscow between 1722 and 1726 entirely from wood. All of the Russian tzars from Peter the great onwards (with the exception of Peter II and Ivan) are buried in the Cathedral. |